Caring for children has always been one of the deepest and most satisfying things that a human being does, and yet it is hard to keep a healthy attitude toward it in our competitive, outcome-oriented society.

Philosophers and psychologists have long puzzled over the question of how we know as much as we do despite our limited experiences. One way is to see how children learn. Another example is consciousness. The concept is usually explored by armchair academics. Looking at kids expands our conceptions of consciousness.

What's it like to be a baby? It's like being in love in Paris for the first time after you've had three double espressos.

I'm afraid the parenting advice to come out of developmental psychology is very boring: pay attention to your kids and love them.

We don't wife our husbands and we don't child our parents.

Texts and e-mails travel no faster than phone calls and telegrams, and their content isn't necessarily richer or poorer.

Adults tend to think they have much free will. Kids younger than six are less sure. They may be more realistic!